MLS is well positioned to qualify a region-high four teams for the Concacaf Champions League quarterfinals -- Mexico's Liga MX is in danger of qualifying only two teams -- but the New York Red Bulls were eliminated when they lost at Montreal and could only tie FAS in San Salvador in consecutive weeks.

Injuries, sophomore slumps and a rookie head coach will be the primary causes cited if the Colorado Rapids don't make the playoffs, which looks likely after a seven-game losing streak dragged them down the standings.

How is it that the latest issue of GQ ranks FIFA president Sepp Blatter as No. 3 on its top 10 list of sleaziest sports personalities -- behind only former Clippers owner Donald Sterling and former Patriots tight end and murder suspect Aaron Hernandez -- and no one wants him out?